The BRD Trilogy: The Marriage of Maria Braun, Veronika Voss, Lola DVD

Release Year: 1979

Special Features:

New digital transfers

Restored image and sound, enhanced for widescreen televisions.

Audio commentary tracks

By filmmaker Wim Wenders and cinematographer Michael Ballhaus (The Marriage of Maria Braun); film critic and author Tony Rayns (Veronika Voss), and film scholar Christian Braad Thomsen (Lola)

Exclusive interviews

With Fassbinder's leading women Hanna Schygulla (Maria Braun), Rosel Zech (Veronika Voss), and Barbara Sukowa (Lola)

New interviews

With cinematographer Xaver Schwarzenberger, screenwriter Peter Märthesheimer, and Fassbinder scholar Eric Rentschler

Life Stories: A Conversation with R.W. Fassbinder

A rare 49-minute interview made for German television.

I Don't Just Want You to Love Me

A feature-length documentary on Fassbinder's life and career.

Dance with Death (Tanz mit dem Tod)

A one-hour portrait of UFA Studios star Sybille Schmitz, Fassbinder’s inspiration for the character Veronika Voss.

Theatrical trailers

For The Marriage of Maria Braun, Veronika Voss, and Lola.

Senior Curator of MoMA's Film and Media Department Laurence Kardish in conversation with Fassbinder film editor Juliane Lorenz

A 52-page book featuring a new essay by film critic Kent Jones and production histories of the trilogy by author Michael Töteberg (Rainer Werner Fassbinder).

New and improved English subtitle translations

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Technical Specifications:

• Optimal image quality: RSDL dual-layer editions